1861 Malta1861 outer wrapper to Messina, Italy, with a 6d tied by a MALTA OC 18 61 'A25' duplex canceller. Across the top is n 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID' handstamp and various tax markings have been written in ink. A Messina 21.10.61. arrival cancel is on the back. A scarce Insufficiently Paid handstamp. £425.00Reference: K3324

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1918 Malta1918 German Prisoner of War letter card sent to Istanbul, Turkey, by P.O.W. Dr Major Ali bin Bakir Mehmet, P.O.W. No. 2195. The card has a blue oval 'FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR, MALTA P. C. 5' cachet and a boxed Turkish censor cachet on the front. The Malta No. 5 cachet is usually found in purple, blue is very uncommon. This censor mark is the rarest of all the Malta censor strikes and was only applied to mail from the Turkish P.O.W.'s interned there. £190.00Reference: GW3269

1961 Malta1961 air mail envelope to an officer on the ship “S.S. Sulaco”, at Kingston, Jamaica, endorsed at the top 'If ship sailed, please forward to next port of call.' A 5/- and 1/- have been cancelled VALETTA SP 9 61. The S.S. Sulaco was a 1602 ton Banana Boat of the Elders and Fyffe line. A scarce usage of these high value stamps. £40.00Reference: GW3076

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1964 Malta1964 registered air mail envelope to KADUNA SOUTH, NORTHERN NIGERIA, bearing a pair of 4½d and a Red Cross 1/6d, paying the 2/3d registered air mail rate, cancelled VALETTA, MALTA, BRANCH P.O. AU 17 64. On the back is a Kaduna South 25 AU 64 arrival c.d.s. A scarce commercial usage of this Red Cross stamp and going to a very unusual destination. £35.00Reference: GW3075

1940's Malta1940's unfranked 'On Active Service' envelope sent air mail to England that has a fine strike of the red three line 'R.A.F / CENSOR / 293' cachet on the front. A pencil censors' signature is at the lower left corner of the cover. Fine. £60.00Reference: G2733

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1943 Malta1943 air mail cover to England, endorsed 'On Active Service' and franked with a G.B. 10d, cancelled FIELD POST OFFICE 188, 8 DE 43. which was in Malta. The cover also has a violet circular 'Passed Censor No. 5282' cachet that has the censors' signature in the middle.£38.00Reference: G2732

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1941 Malta1941 (dated 30 April) printed folded letter - “Return of Stocks of Essential Commodities” - to Valetta, that was in the Sliema Post Office when it was bombed by Italian and German planes early in May 1941. A label has been attached that states “Delayed through damage at Sliema Branch Post Office by enemy action”. This has been tied by a VALETTA AU 8 41 canceller. By early May 1941, the Luftwaffe had flown 1,465 bombing missions against Malta! This label is rare and very seldom seen.£675.00Reference: K2691

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1868 Malta1868 envelope to Gozo franked with a ½d, 9th printing, tied by a barred 'A25' canceller with a MALTA FE 4 68 datestamp at the upper right of the cover. £750.00Reference: K2689

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1888 Malta1888 2 registered envelope to London with a 2½d added tied by a barred A25 canceller. A REGISTERED MALTA 11 OC 88 datestamp is alongside the stamp. The cover is an inter-bank (The Anglo – Egyptian Bank) cover with a good impression of the Malta banks' wax seal on the back. £55.00Reference: GW2677

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1952 Malta1952 2d postal card to Vienna, with a 1d added, cancelled by MALTA TRADE FAIR OC 2 52 datstamps. The card, addressed to the Cook's Office, Vienna appears not to have been delivered as a “NON RECLAME 26 JUNI 1953" handstamp is on the back and a Vienna 26.6.53 cancel is on the front of the card, along with red manuscript notations. The Malta Trade Fair cancel is uncommon. £70.00Reference: GW2670